Archive for June, 2008
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
“Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it”, George Carlin
To-day one of my favourite comedians died. I shall miss his humour and while I obviously agree with Carlin’s view that both men and women are from earth, I cannot be quite so cavalier about dealing with many known differences. Sensitivity and empathy, for example, are human emotions that are often expressed very differently among men and women and both of these affect or may even be responsible for fibromyalgia.
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Posted in 'emotional intelligence', Fibromyalgia, George Carlin, Gulf War Syndrome, IQ, Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, cannot generalize, caring work, empathy, feminine traits, fibromyalgi and highly intuitive, fibromyalgia and high energy, gay men, high achievers, highly motivated, human emotions, interaction, masculine traits, men and fibromyalgia, political issue, sensitivity, women's movement | 2 Comments »
Friday, June 20th, 2008
“Bridge is essentially a social game, but unfortunately it attracts a substantial number of antisocial people”, Alan Truscott
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Posted in Fibromyalgia, angry people, bridge games, concentration, friends, fun, hobby, laughter, life long learning, positive thoughts, relaxation, stress and pain | 6 Comments »
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
” Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse” , Lily Tomlin
I am weary. Try as much as I can, I cannot find many fibromyalgia researchers who are willing to stop this endless search for a medical cause of fibromyalgia! So many seem keen on trying to force the Cinderella slipper on the wrong foot! WHY IS THIS? It can’t be for research grants to enhance careers, but can it be that there is a naive hope of finding a ‘cure’. But, wait, I don’t mean to imply that all the researchers are cold hearted and don’t want to find a ‘cure’! Of course they do, who wouldn’t? But how about the ’cause’ question? Back and forth we go between cause and cure.
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Posted in Fibromyalgia, attachment relationships, bright lights, cure vs cause, empathy, nature/nuture, pharmaceuticals, psychoneurologists, right hemisphere of brain, smells, social cause, strong winds, toxic substances | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
“Question everything”, Maria Mitchell
Frustrated that there is not much hope for relief from the usual medical system and its approach to fibromyalgia, many turn for help to practitioners who provide either complementary or alternative medicine (C/AM). The differences between the latter two is an artifical separation since they both entail using concoctions, therapies, herbs, or homeopathic remedies that are one and the same. The more interesting issue is how they differ from the traditional scientific ‘western’ medical approach, or what has been known as ’allopathic’ medicine, or now commonly referred to as ‘evidence based medicine’ (EBM) of health care. However, within this discussion I do not refer to EBM as within the domain of CAM as many ‘alternate’ practitioners are prone to do.
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Posted in Chinese herbs, Fibromyalgia, allopathic medicine, alternative therapy, botanical, complementary therapy, concoctions, evidence based medicine, flower essences, health care industry, junk science, magnets, natural remedies, peppermint leaves, placebo effect, pseudo science, supplements, vitamins, voodoo science, western medicine | 4 Comments »
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences”, Audre Lorde
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Posted in Fibromyalgia, ageism, cultural differences, geography and fibromyalgia, health care systems, homophobia, race and fibromyalgia, racism and fibromyalgia, sexual orientation, social class and fibromyalgia, urban vs. rural | 2 Comments »
